- 2007: Cast on the TV series "In Case of Emergency"
- 2005: Cast in "The Underclassman" with Nick Cannon
- 2004: Appeared in five episodes of "Threat Matrix," playing a headstrong former CIA agent who joins the team
- 2003: Starred as Yuriko Oyama/Deathstrike in Bryan Singer’s “X2”
- 2003: Starred as the villainess Sona in Joel Silver’s “Cradle 2 the Grave” opposite Jet Li
- 2002: Cast alongside WWF superstar The Rock in “The Scorpion King,” a spin-off of “The Mummy” series
- 1998: After earning a brown belt in karate, was offered the role of Det. Grace Chen, in the kung fu cop series, “Martial Law”
- 1997: 1997 Cast in the recurring role of Michelle Chan on “Nash Bridges”
- 1997: Appeared regularly on the daytime soap “Sunset Beach” (NBC)
- 1997: Played featured role in "Fakin' Da Funk"
- 1995: Appeared in "Strange Days" as a TV newscaster
- 1993: Appeared alongside Leslie Nielsen in “Surf Ninjas”
- 1991: Played the wife of musician Ray Manzarek (Kyle MacLachlan) in Oliver Stone's “The Doors”
- 1989: First role in a feature playing one of Jason's victims in “Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan”
- 1987: Made acting debut as Melia, Kirk Cameron's love interest, on "Growing Pains" (ABC)
- 1985: Named Miss Teen USA, becoming the first Asian-American to be crowned
- Pursued a modeling career in Japan and Italy
- Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Made guest appearances on such shows as “Tour of Duty,” (CBS) “Night Court,” (NBC) and “21 Jump Street” (Fox)




